Knots Untied;
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共 135 题- BY
- Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
- J. B. BURR AND HYDE,
- PREFACE.
- GEORGE S. MCWATTERS.
- CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION. 18
- A TOUCHING TALE--THE POETRY AND PATHOS OF BARE FEET. 80
- AN AFTER-DINNER COLLOQUY, AND ITS RESULT--A FUNNY AFFAIR. 104
- 1. PORTRAIT OF GEO. S. McWATTERS, _Frontispiece._
- 2. McWATTERS' SPECTACLE CASE, _To face page_ 33
- 3. "TEN DOLLARS A MONTH," 79
- 4. McWATTERS AND THE VETERAN, 87
- 5. THE BOND OPERATOR, 103
- 6. THE WAX FINGER DISCOVERED, 127
- 7. SEIZURE OF YOUNG WORDEN IN BALTIMORE, 149
- 8. ATLANTIC BEER GARDEN.--PAYNE AND COLLINS' RENDEZVOUS, 165
- 9. DESCENT UPON BLANCHARD AND THE GAMBLERS, 173
- 10. PROTECTING THE INNOCENT, 201
- 11. RESCUE OF HATTIE NEWBERRY, 215
- 12. RESTELL AT SING SING, 221
- 13. THE BOGUS LOTTERY OFFICE, 237
- 14. SURPRISING THE BOGUS LOTTERY DEALERS, 249
- 15. RECOVERING THE DIAMOND RING, 267
- 16. THE OLD KNICKERBOCKER IN THE DETECTIVE'S OFFICE, 279
- 17. DISCOVERING THE "SPIRITS" AT NO. 89 ---- STREET, NEW YORK, 291
- 18. "KETCH HIM AND HOULD HIM!"--WILLIAMS' ARREST, 355
- 19. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, 383
- 20. BREAK-DOWN ON LITCHFIELD HILL, 399
- 21. THE CEREMONY DEFEATED, 409
- 22. DR. HUDSON'S STRATAGEM WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN, 433
- 23. THE MISSOURI LAWYER OUTWITTED, 489
- 24. A RASH COURTSHIP, 521
- 25. FEARFUL DREAM OF OLD MR. BROOKS, 549
- 26. RESCUE OF NELLIE WILSON, 577
- 27. RESCUE OF THE WILL, 585
- 28. THE TWO SISTERS COURTING COL. NOVENA IN HIS LIBRARY, 595
- 29. THE "HONEST" COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATOR, 639
- 30. CATCHING A FLAT, 659
- PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION.
- THE PUBLISHERS.
- TO THE PUBLISHERS OF "KNOTS UNTIED":
- S.
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
- WHERE HE WAS BORN AND REARED.
- REMOVES TO LONDON
- MIGRATES TO THE UNITED STATES.
- SETTLES IN PHILADELPHIA, AND STUDIES LAW.
- A HEART TOO SOFT FOR A LAWYER.
- DEPARTS FOR CALIFORNIA.
- BACK IN NEW YORK.
- MR. MCWATTERS AS AGENT AND LECTURER.
- ANECDOTE OF LOLA MONTEZ AND LAURA KEENE.
- MR. MCWATTERS SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
- OUR SUBJECT AND THE PUBLIC PRESS.
- MR. MCWATTERS ENTERS THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE.
- PERSONAL INCIDENTS.
- OFFICER MCWATTERS IN THE LATE CIVIL WAR: HIS FORESIGHT.
- FIRST SEIZURE OF GUNS AT THE NORTH.
- OFFICER MCWATTERS' SERVICES THROUGH THE PUBLIC PRESS.
- KINDLY AND WISE PROVIDENCE.
- OFFICER MCWATTERS AND HIS LITERARY ASSOCIATES.
- OFFICER MCWATTERS AS THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
- MCWATTERS AND THE SOLDIERS.
- LADIES' UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
- The Times said:--
- THE SWINDLING BOUNTY CLAIM AGENTS.
- P. G. W.
- HONORABLE TESTIMONIALS TO OFFICER MCWATTERS.
- THE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL INIQUITY.
- CONCLUSION.
- THE ORGAN-GRINDERS.
- MCWATTERS.
- TEN DOLLARS A MONTH: A STORY OF GRIEF AND JOY.
- MARY O'BRIEN."
- S.
- MACK AND THE VETERAN.
- A TOUCHING TALE--THE POETRY AND PATHOS OF BARE FEET.
- LOST IN THE STREETS.
- MISSING MEN AND WOMEN.
- TROUBLES ABOUT LOST PEOPLE.
- WHERE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE LOST.
- LOST CHILDREN.
- THE DENS OF MIDNIGHT.
- THE HORROR OF A BREAKING DAWN.
- MISERY, SHAME, AND DEATH.
- FINIS.
- AMONG THE "SHARKS."
- A SMART YOUNG MAN.
- AN AFTER-DINNER COLLOQUY--AND ITS RESULT.
- A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.
- EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.
- CHARLES J. ROBERTS.
- Knots Untied
- THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER.
- LEWELLYN PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS.
- THE GENEALOGICAL SWINDLERS.
- LORD, KING, & GRAHAM,
- WILLIAM KING, ESQ.,
- WILLIS KING.
- HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY.
- ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES.
- THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING.
- ATTORNEY AT LAW.
- THE MYSTERY AT NO. 89 ---- STREET, NEW YORK.
- THE SORCERESS' TRICK, AND HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT.
- He looked at me for an instant, then at his wife, and said,--
- THE DISHONEST CLERK, AND THE FATAL SLIP OF PAPER.
- THE THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON.
- THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
- A FORCED-MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED.
- THE MARKED BILLS.
- My partner quietly replied, "We have worked out our theory."
- THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER, AND THE WAY HE WAS TRACKED.
- He eyed him carefully, and replied, "'Pears to me I have; but I dunno."
- I pulled on my pants and coat, and proceeded to Mr. Rogers's room.
- WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES.
- OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL.
- The brother took it, opened it, and said,--
- THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.
- THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.
- HIS CONTINENTAL FRIEND."
- The servant who bore the card returned, saying,--
- It was this:--
- RUDOLPH, Cashier."
- COLONEL NOVENA, THE PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.
- CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: A KNOT STILL UNTIED.
- While I was doing this, the widow exclaimed,--
- THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS.
- The letter alluded to runs thus:--
- WM. J. FERGUSON,
- No. 194 Broadway, New York City."
- THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM.
- Transcriber's Note